diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index 4accd0de6e8e..5388955b2a3c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -1491,8 +1491,14 @@ static int br_multicast_ipv6_rcv(struct net_bridge *br,
 	 *  - MLD has always Router Alert hop-by-hop option
 	 *  - But we do not support jumbrograms.
 	 */
-	if (ip6h->version != 6 ||
-	    ip6h->nexthdr != IPPROTO_HOPOPTS ||
+	if (ip6h->version != 6)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Prevent flooding this packet if there is no listener present */
+	if (ipv6_is_transient_multicast(&ip6h->daddr))
+		BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->mrouters_only = 1;
+
+	if (ip6h->nexthdr != IPPROTO_HOPOPTS ||
 	    ip6h->payload_len == 0)
 		return 0;